Axle-cutter



(No Model.)

R. D. McGEE.

AXLE GUTTER.

No. 343,058. Patented June 1,1886.

N EETERS. Phulolilhagnphcr. Washington. D. C.

NiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eoenn'r n. McGEE, or ownnsnononon, KENTUCKY.

AXLE-CUTTER.

. EiP ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,058, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filed November 30, 1885. Serial No. 184,317. (No model.)

f aZZ whom it may concern: I The plates A and B are both embraced in Be it known that I, ROBERT D. MOGEE, of the clamp-frame O, which is open from end to Owensborough, Daviess county, Kentucky, end to receive them, and is also open from 55 1 have invented new and usefullmpro'vements side to side to allow the passage through it of 5 in Axle-Cutters, of which the following is a the axle-arm; as hereinafter set forth.

specification. The plate A rests against the bottom piece, My invention relates toimprovementsin the c, of the clamp-frame O, and the plate B may class of of axle-cutters which is illustrated by be pressed toward the plate A by means of a the subject -matter of Patent No. 242,165, set-screw, D, which bears against the top of [O granted to B. T. Stowell May 31, 1881, and plate B, and is tapped into the top piece, 0, in which the cutting-tool is composed of two of the clampi'rame. The screw D is provided plates, of which one plate is contained in a with a hand-wheel, .61, whereby it may be notch in the edge of the other, and is capable turned so as to adjust the plates A and B to of being adjustably secured therein, and of any desired distance apart. which both plates are so correspondingly The plate A is provided at one end with a formed that when thus secured together they handle, E, and at its other end is prolonged combine with one another to form a set of to form a rectangular bar, F, which passes screw-dies and shoulder-cutters, one half of through ajaw, G, capable of sliding but not eachscrew-dieorshoulder-cutter being formed of turning on it, and terminates in a screw- 20 by each plate. threaded projection, f. which occupies a nut,

My invention consists, first, inthe addition H, bearing against the back of the jaw G. to such a device of a pair, of cutters attached By turning the nut H. the jaw G can be adone to each of the aforesaid plates, and adapt justed to any desired distance from a shoul- 5 ed to be used for clipping off the extreme end der, f, of the bar F, so as to constitute an ad- 25 of the axle-arm; second, in a clamp for ad justable wrench for operating the wheel-rejustably fastening said plates together; and, taining nut on the end of the axle arni. third, in providing at one end of the plate 1 and l are two shoulder-cutters, otwhich which receives and holds the other plate an each is formed half on the plate Aand halt'on 8o adjustable wrench, while the other end of said the plate B in such a manner that whei said 0 plate is formed into a handle. platesare brought together by means ofclamps The object of these several improvements 0 D they form a central axle-receiving orifice, is to provide in a single tool all that is necest, and radiating from said orifice is a series of sary to enable a person to move-back the cutting-teeth, i. The end of the axle-arm 8; wheel-retaining nut on a vehicle-axle, so aslo having been passed through one or other of 3 5 prevent lateral play of the wheel on said axle. the orificesiJ-he wheel retainingnutis screwed *1 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is on so as to bring the cutter I or I up to the a perspective view of an axlecutter embodyshoulder of the axle. The tool is then rotated ing my invention. Fig. 2 represents in perby means of handle E, so as. to cut back the 0 spective the parts of the axle-clipping cutter shoulder as far as desired. The cutting-teeth o detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the i are oppositely directed on the two cutters, platefastening and adjusting clamp, repr-cso as to adapt said cutters for use on opposite senting said clamp as forcing the cutters of sides of the vehicle. the axle-clipper together so as to bite the Formed in the opposing edges of the pates 5 axle, which is shown in position between said A and B are two series of screw-dies, J and 5 cutters. J. The shouldcrof the axle-arm having been A is a plate having in one of its edges a cut back, as abovedescribed,the screw-thread rectangular notch, a, which receives the cor- 0n the end of the axle-arm is continued back respondingly-shaped plate B. Tongues b on I to the newly formed shoulder by means ofone the endsof the plateB occupy grooveso in the l or other of the screw-dies J or J, the parts 50 ends of notch a, so as to prevent any lateral ofthescrmv-dicbcing forcedtogetherbymeans displacement of plate B in said notch, while of clamp (J l.) 'lnesevera' screw-dies of each 1 ermitting it to slide up and down therein. series are of different Sizes for different sizes of axles, and those of one series are reversely pitched to those of the other, so that the two series are adapted for use on opposite sides of the vehicle. The thread having been cut back to the new shonlder,t-he end of the axlearm must be clipped oft somewhat, so that it will not project beyond the nut and make an unsightly appearance when an open nut is used, or will not prevent the screwing home of the nut against; the new shoulder when a closed nut. is used. For this purpose I provide two cutters, K and K, secured opposite each other to the plates Aand B, respectively, each cutter K or K fitting into an undercut or dovetailed groove. a or b, in the corresponding plate, and being secured therein by a screw, is or k. The end ot'the axle arm haw ing been inserted between the cutters K and K the set screw Dis screwed up, so as to press said cutters toward one another, and cause them to bite the axle. The tool is then rotated, so as to cut a groove around the axle, said groove being made deeper and deeper by repeated screwing up of the setserew until the axle is cut through. The cutting-edges k and In of the cutters K and K lie in the planeot'rotatiomaml are formed, respectively, convex and concave so as to more efl'ectuall 7 .V bite and cut theaxle. b the plates A and B are not cheil,as at a b, to receive the axle.

ack of grooves a and '"and v The clamp C D may be shifted to any portion of the cutting-tool. so that the bearingpoiut of the set-screw D against the plate B may be brought directly over the particular die or cutter which is being used, the clampobviating tle necessity of using a monkey-' wrench, a pair of cold chisels. a hammer, 850.

I elai m as new and of my invention A tool for moving back the wheel-retaining nut on a vehicle-axle, comprising, substantially as described, the following elements, to

Wit: holding-plate A. provided with handle E, and adjustable wrench F G f H f, adjustable plate B, shoulder'cutters l, and screwdies J J, formed on and in the plates A and B,severing-cutters K K, secured to said plate, and the shit'table adjustingclamp G D (1, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony ot'which invention l have here unto set my hand.

ROBERT D. MoGEE.

Wit nesses: I

E. H. LUOKETT,

WM. H. MoHENRY. 

